Some people do not like to think. If one thinks, one must r… - Helen Keller

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Some people do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions; and conclusions are not always pleasant. They are a thorn in the spirit. But I consider it a priceless gift and a deep responsibility to think.

Helen Keller

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Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American writer and social activist; an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis) at the age of 19 months left her deaf and blind.

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People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller, The Open Door

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Thus it is that my friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations to beautiful privileges, and enabled me to walk serene and happy in the shadow cast by my deprivation.

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